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The British are coming to NorthPark Center. Mulberry, the English fashion house internationally known for its leather goods and handbags, debuts this fall in a 1,800-square- foot space located to the left of Bottega Veneta … Neiman Marcus NorthPark has a busy month ahead: Jeweler Stephen Dweck comes to town to show off his one-of-a- kind designs March 13; Australian makeup artist and beauty guru Napoleon Perdis imparts glamour tips March 20; and L.A.-based Dominique Cohen makes us shine with her versatile gold-coin jewelry March 28 and 29 … Eiseman Jewels celebrates 50 years in business with a redesign of its NorthPark Center salon by award-winning design firm Gensler. The family-owned jeweler relocates to the former Kate Spade space until the 3,200-square-foot shop reopens in June … Strap on your stilettos, because Sarah Jessica Parker is coming to town. The style maven makes an appearance at BF Nordstrom NorthPark Sunday, March 9, 12:30 – 1:30 pm, to promote her new SJP for Nordstrom collection. Browse her collection of shoes, handbags and Manhattan trench coats inspired by her favorite spots in NYC … There are some spring renovations going on at Highland Park Village: Tory Burch relocates to Suite 3, and Jimmy Choo relocates to Suite 53 as both shops undergo remodels. Also at HPV, the king of cashmere himself, Brunello Cucinelli makes an appearance at his boutique March 20 for the grand-opening fête. The invitation-only event benefits the North Texas Food Bank's Food 4 Kids Program … Forty Five Ten welcomes jewelry and home designer Kimberly McDonald for a personal appearance and trunk show March 28 and 29 … Home-design haven BelAir rebrands itself as a lifestyle boutique and pumps up the mix with fashion and accessories, with such exclusives as Rabens Saloner, Anagram by Gary Graham, Christine Alcalay and DD Ace. Lauren Scheinin MARCH | PAGE 10 | 2014 DJ Lucy Wrubel Helping You Find Your Luxury Home & Lifestyle. Robin McMonigle Vice President 214.543.6903 rmcmonigle@briggsfreeman.com www.RobinMcMonigle.com Briggs Freeman d 2-e 0314.indd 5 2/7/14 1:29 PM Social Datebook Monday, March 3 TACA Silver Cup Awards Luncheon Hilton Anatole • Noon • Benefitting The Arts Community Alliance (TACA) • Co-chairs Carol and Don Glendenning • $150 • 214.520.3930 Friday, March 7 8th Annual Hearts of Texas Awards Luncheon Omni Hotel • Noon • Benefitting Volunteer Center of North Texas • Co-chairs Trisha Cunningham, Ann Pomykal • $150 • ccolmark@vcnt.org Tuesday, March 18 The Salvation Army Doing the Most Good Luncheon Omni Hotel / Fort Worth • Noon • Benefitting The Salvation Army • Keynote speaker Beth Holloway • 817.344.1835 Friday, March 21 Savor Dallas Arts District Wine Stroll Meyerson Symphony Center, Nasher Sculpture Center, Plaza of the Cathedral at the Arts District • 5 pm • Benefitting North Texas Food Bank • Co-chairs Jim and Vicki Briley-White • $35 • 888.728.6747 Saturday, March 22 Cotes du Coeur International Fine Wine Auction & Chef Dinner Hilton Anatole • 6 pm • Benefitting American Heart Association • Co-chairs Jana and Mike Brosin • From $1,500 • allison.holmes@heart.org Tuesday, March 25 Michael Aram 25th Anniversary Event Nasher Sculpture Center • 6 pm • Media sponsor PaperCity • By invitation only Wednesday, March 26 Waves of Change: 9th Annual Life Lessons Luncheon Hilton Anatole • 11:30 am • Benefitting The Elisa Project • Chair Kim Bannister • Guest speaker Amanda Beard • From $150 • tanya@thefosters.net Thursday, March 27 Rock Out for The Red Cross! Gilley's Dallas • 6:30 pm • Benefitting American Red Cross Disaster Relief • Honorary chair Mayor Mike Rawlings • $50 • margaret.arnot@redcross.org Friday, March 28 An Evening in Casablanca: Annual Young Friends of the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Union Station • 8 pm • Media sponsor PaperCity • Chairs Medley Crank, Meghan Looney, Bradley Agather Means • From $85 • carnot@rmhdallas.org Saturday, March 29 House of DIFFA - Masquerade Omni Hotel • 5 pm • Benefitting Dallas Chapter of Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) • Chair Jim DiMarino • From $375 • jackie@strausspr.com Monday, March 31 A Special Evening with Smokey Robinson Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center • 6 pm • Benefitting LaunchAbility • Media sponsor PaperCity • Co-chairs Piper and Mike Wyatt; honorary chair Caroline Rose Hunt • From $35 • 972.991.6777 Friday, April 4 Chick Lit Luncheon Brook Hollow Golf Club • 11:30 am • Benefitting Community Partners of Dallas • Media sponsor PaperCity • Chair Jennifer Evans Morris; honorary chair Jennifer Bur Altabef • Tables from $1,250 • joanna@cpdtx.org MTV Re:Define Dallas Contemporary • 7 pm • Benefitting MTV Staying Alive Foundation and Dallas Contemporary • Media sponsor PaperCity • Co-chairs Joyce Goss and Kenny Goss • From $500 • mtvredefine@gossmichaelfoundation.org A Texas Homecoming: The Dallas Opera Spring Gala Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House • 6 pm • Co-chairs Betty and Stephen Suellentrop • From $1,000 • tracy.mott@dallasopera.org Friday – Monday , April 4 – 14 Dallas International Film Festival Presented by the Dallas Film Society • Media sponsor PaperCity • dallasfilm.org Thursday, April 10 Mad Hatter's Tea 10:30 am • Media Sponsor PaperCity • Chair Lisa Loy Laughin • From $200 • womenscouncildallasarboretum.org F or nearly 20 years, Chris Akin has manned the visitor's desk at The Menil Collection or patrolled its galleries — an understated, polite presence whose quiet drawings made while on guard duty have engendered exhibitions from NYC's The Drawing Center to Houston's Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery. Collectors from Edward Albee to Menil curator Toby Kamps own them. All along, Akin has also pursued photography, a media whose nuances he first explored as a student at the University of North Texas, where his professors included leading lensmen Nic Nicosia, the late Casey Williams and panoramic image-maker Skeet McAuley. Akin soon developed his signature style and subsequently was acquired for the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He credits a pantheon of photographic greats as instrumental in honing his eye: "Overall, Eggleston is the biggest influence on my work. [Also] Friedlander, Winogrand, Evans, Frank, Cartier-Bresson …" Now we present images from Akin's latest, culled from a road trip to the vast American West undertaken last summer with mentor/fellow artist Mari Omori; in Akin's viewfinder are classic landscapes and celebrated artistic interventions into the terrain, aka earthworks. On the itinerary are definitive places from Arches National Park in Moab, Utah to Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty (1970), the latter the subject of the series presented here for PaperCity readers, including sweeping multi-panel offerings that convey the light, space and grandeur of the late Smithson's ultimate masterpiece. Archival ink-jet prints, editions of 10, signed verso, from $800 per 20 x 30 inch panel to $4,000 for 30 x 100 inch multi-panel. Inquiries Seth Vaughan, seth@papercitymag. com; entire gallery, papercitymag.com/arts. PC Acquire Notes of lavender, amber, vanilla, Indian Jasmine, Manika Honey and hints of Peruvian Heliotrope scent the room with layers of fragrance. The source? Dallas-based Xela Aroma candles. After discovering reed diffusers in Europe years ago, attorney and entrepreneur Maryann Mihalopoulos introduced them to the U.S. market, envisioning her own collection of candles and scents of a higher quality, all made in the U.S. Using the finest essential oils and sourced eco-friendly glass and recycled paper packaging, Mihalopoulos now runs a 100 percent women- and minority- owned business with a percentage of each sale going toward a national or local charity. "When many other companies chose to subcontract overseas to save on cost, I made a conscious commitment to source and manufacture within the U.S." Mihalopoulos says. "All Xela Aroma products are hand-poured and individually assembled in Dallas." With 20 scents currently available in an array of collections — Classic, Love Connection, Inked, Spa and Natural Luxuries, to name a few — the candles can also be personalized with endless fragrance choices and packaging options for your next event. Eau de Cattle Baron's? From $28, at Neiman Marcus, Osgood O'Neil Salons, Salon 4411, xelaaroma.com. Lauren Scheinin Light Me Up Dallas' Russian revolution is far from over. Our own Muscovite, 21-year-old fashion sensation Kira Plastinina, has joined forces with designers and fellow Russkies Olga Prokopova and Lesia Paramonova (of Volha and LES, respectively) for a collection of jewelry and accessories stocked exclusively at Lublu in The Plaza at Preston Center. Endorsed by street-style vets Mira Duma and Lena Perminova, Volha's handcrafted jewelry is produced in Russia and made of freeform faceted semiprecious stones (think agate and crystals from Brazil and Madagascar). LES' handmade fulled-wool headpieces created for Lublu's campaign are inspired by the collection's floral prints. "I love collaborating with other designers, especially these two," Plastinina says. "Introducing them to the U.S. market has been fun, and each designer has gone to great lengths to incorporate design inspiration in a unique way." $400 to $800, at Lublu. Lauren Scheinin From Russia with Lublu Chris Akin's Spiral Jetty (For Lee), 2013